Across the street from our house, there is a large lilac bush and for just a couple weeks in early May, it was in bloom. You could open our front door and smell the lilac bushes. We ran across the street one morning to smell them up close.
When I was a teenager, I was fortunate to land a job as a horseback riding trail guide. It was hard work, but it was my most favorite job to be around horses all day long. The girls love horses. and they really wanted to learn how to ride, but riding lessons aren't cheap. The saved their money and paid for their own lessons at St. Charles Farm. It's not just about riding, they groom and tack the horse before they can ride.
They had great instructors and the girls loved every minute of it. Abigail is pictured with Fritz and Emma is riding Sparkles. They learned a lot in 6 weeks and are already saving for another set of lessons.
Once I finally ran out of 35mm film for my Canon 35mm camera, I started asking Brian if we could get a nice digital SLR camera. Well, he finally said yes! After impatiently waiting for the battery to charge and the set up to be done, I started snapping pictures. I love this camera. It's a Nikon D60 - the same that Brian's best friend, Chad has - which is how I knew it took amazing pictures. Some of the crispness of the image gets lost in a point and shoot camera (like our HP something-or-other), so I'm happy to have one now that gives me even better images than my 35mm. And if you think these pcitures are good - just wait! The nice folks over at Ritz Camera had a promotion - I can take several free 2-hour-long digitial photography classes through "Ritz Camera University!" Can you tell I'm excited? So as I learn new things and try them out, I'll be posting so you can follow my progress from an average photographer to an excellent one!
So my aunt made this great cake for my Papaw (he turned 72, not 82 like the candles say). To bribe Isaac to take a picture with my Papaw, I told Isaac he could have a piece of cake. I started to grab my camera, and Luke had been put on Papaw's lap too - and both boys started dipping their fingers into the frosting. And then another finger - and another... well, my mom, aunts and grandma started to click away with their cameras. This was just classic.
This Easter in our family was many celebrations wrapped into one. It was my Papaw's 72nd birthday, my Papaw and Grandma's anniversary and Easter. It was the first Easter in our new house. We enjoyed awesome barbecue that my mom and Papa made. Brisket, ribs, baked beans, and cole slaw beat ham anyday. It's been so long since we've had a traditional Easter dinner that I don't know what normal people eat on Easter (other than ham). Anyway, this video cracks me up. Alexis (the great sister and cousin that she is) is feeding Luke and Isaac. In true boy form, Isaac is licking his fingers (yes, the food is that good) and then wipes his hands on his shirt. After about 15 seconds, watch Isaac spot Alexis' iTouch. She moves it out of his reach and then Isaac's "walking fingers" go for the Pepsi on the table.
This week, we had summerlike weather in what was still technically winter. So after dinner, we came outside and the kids were playing. Christmas 2007, we got Isaac a big wheel - and he finally figured it out! Here he is trying to get down the neighbor's walkway. I'll give you the play-by-play, in case you need an interpreter to understand what Isaac is saying, he spots Abigail down the sidewalk. He asks, "Where's Abby?" and then says, "Oops, sorry" after he runs off the walkway. Then he says, "There you are Abby!" And by the way, that's Abigail's dress up hat that Isaac is wearing. I really did try to trade hats with him before we went outside, but he was having none of that.
